Visitors stand in front of the monumental panoramic artwork ‘Great Barrier Reef’, which is printed on cloth widths, of artist Yadegar Asisi during a press preview at the Asisi Panometer in Leipzig, central Germany. On a 1:1 scale, the panorama presents the unique underwater world of the coral reef off the coast of Australia in all its fragile beauty and complexity. Jens Meyer / AP
BASE jumpers are pictured against the skyline shrouded in a thick haze during the Kuala Lumpur Tower International Jump in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. More than 100 BASE jumpers take part in this extreme sport event, which enters its 15th year. The haze hovering over Malaysia is caused by the ongoing plantation and forest fires in the nearby Indonesian provinces of Sumatra and Kalimantan. Fazry Ismail / EPA
Schoolchildren dressed as Mahatma Gandhi take part in an attempt to set a new Guiness World Record, for the largest gathering of people dressed as Gandhi, during celebrations to mark the 146th birth anniversary of Gandhi, in Bengaluru, India. Mahatma Gandhi, also known as “Father of the Nation”, was instrumental in India’s struggle for independence from Britain and was a devoted follower of non-violent protest and religious tolerance. Abhishek N. Chinnappa / Reuters
Migrants make land from an overloaded rubber dinghy as they arrive on the coast near Skala Sikaminias, Lesbos island, Greece. An estimated 100,000 refugees and migrants arrived on the Greek islands during August, according to the Hellenic Coast Guard. Filip Singer / EPA
A family of refugees warm themselves by a fire upon arrival on the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey. Greece’s prime minister told the United Nations that Athens was doing all it could to help and criticised the building of walls to keep them out. Aris Messinis / AFP
Soldiers of the Ukrainian National Guard fire during their training session on the shooting range in the village of Stare, some 80 kilometres from Kiev. Roman Pilipey / EPA
A Buddhist monk, right, and a Muslim man walk past each other in front of a mosque in Yangon, Myanmar. An association of radical Buddhist monks, known by its Myanmar-language acronym Ma Ba Tha, plans to celebrate the passage of “race and religion protection” laws which have been widely criticised as intended to victimise the country’s Muslim minority in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar. Gemunu Amarasinghe / AP
Kashmiri protesters throw rocks and bricks at Indian policemen amid tear gas smoke during a protest in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Police fired teargas and rubber bullets to disperse hundreds of Kashmiris who gathered to protest against the arrest of separatist leaders and civilians. Dar Yasin / AP